Streetlife Serenade
| Billy Joel
Streetlife Serenade
Streetlife Serenade is the third studio album by American recording artist Billy Joel, released on October 11, 1974 by Columbia Records. The follow-up to his previous album Piano Man (1973), it was his last release until 1993's River of Dreams to be mostly recorded with session musicians, while Joel himself sang and played piano and other keyboards, although some of his backing musicians, guitarists Don Evans and Al Hertzberg, and banjoist/pedal steel guitarist Tom Whitehorse played on the album. Joel also featured synthesizers for the first time, namely the Moog synthesizer, as mentioned in the credits. - Wikipedia
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Sputnik Music
Proves to be another good, if still relatively unimposing example of what Joel is best-known for.
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Muso Scribe
“Streetlife Serenader” kicks the album off in troubadour mode, to good effect.
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Classic Rock Revisited
This was Joel's third release and while it is not one of his best loved and remembered, it is an important release in his growth as a songwriter.
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Super Seventies
Streetlife Serenade is the finest release of this major American artist. Billy is what Leon and Elton used to be.
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Mediaversal Reviews
The songs are diverse and lively, with a laid-back Western vibe, somewhat similar to what the Eagles were doing on their early releases.
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Elmore Reviews
Worthy of rediscovery, Streetlife Serenade offers some lively listening from an artist who was rapidly becoming a capable crooner himself.
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Blogcriticcs
While the music would cover a vast spectrum of rock to pop, including some typical seventies synthesizer backing, it would be this album's lyrics that would show his growth and point toward his classic work to come.
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Earn This
Everybody does their share of losing.
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Album Reviews
A few strong tracks surrounded by a bunch of uncomfortable sounding filler.
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Something Else Reviews
What Streetlife lacks are those kind of songs, the ones that embed themselves in your head for eternity.
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Off your shelf
It’s hard to find much to say about Streetlife Serenade, it’s kind of boring.
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